Attempts to retroactively portray Friday’s demonstrators as Hamas militants, stone-throwers, or human shields serves only one purpose: to quiet the Israeli conscience.

Rather than ask when the Palestinians will produce a Gandhi, we must ask when Israel will produce a leader that does not subjugate an occupied population through lethal violence.

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“Israel’s leadership is gradually admitting a basic fact of life—and death: That Israel’s ongoing control over millions of Palestinians is impossible without committing war crimes,” writes B’Tselem’s Hagai El-Ad.

Israel’s defense minister rejected on Sunday calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent on Friday at the Gaza-Israel border.

Israel’s heavy-handed response to the protest may now prove to be a propaganda coup for Hamas — and a warning sign of further bloodshed to come.

The next six weeks are a nightmare for deescalation prospects, writes Hussein Ibish.

“The Return March has shown that the Palestinian people will not tolerate the siege of Gaza any longer and that a popular explosion is not far off,” writes MK Jamal Zahalka.

The United States has blocked a draft statement by the United Nations Security Council that called for an investigation into the killing of 17 unarmed Palestinian protesters near the Gaza Strip’s eastern border.

“The killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli forces in Gaza is tragic. It is the right of all people to protest for a better future without a violent response,” Sanders said.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman joined hundreds of kohanim, or members of the priestly class, in blessing tens of thousands of worshippers at the Western Wall.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider reinstating a $655.5 million jury award won against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization in a case brought by 11 American families over militant attacks in Israel.

In this edition: 2017 was a record year for settlement expansion.

With B’Tselem calculating that 5,980 Palestinians, including 356 people below the age of 18, are currently being held in Israeli detention, Ahed’s interrogation video shines a light on an experience that continues to scar and shape Palestinian society and politics.